Educational device



Aug. 24 1926.

E. S. ALLEN EDUCATIONAL DEVICE Filed Jan. 22. 1926' .PARAGUAY u* xx/X/ BY IME/WOR. 'l l A TT ORNE Y' Patented Aug. 24, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,597,562 PATENrToFFlcE.

ERASTUS S. ALLEN, F GLENDA'LE, OHIO.

' EDUCATIONAL nEvIcE.

application med January 22, 1926. serial no. 82,911.

My invention relates to the general class of educational devices and lparticularly to such devices as relate to the science of geogf.

raphy.

It is the object of my invention to provide a game in which any desired number of players may participate which shall be amusing and which vwill at the same time provide a,

test for the knowledge of the different participants on the particular geographical-subject employed.

Specifically it is the object of my invention to provide a 'ma in which ,different countries, rivers or c1ties are indicated in some convenient manner as by letters or figures. Accompanying the map itis my object to provide a list or a plurality of lists in which .the actual names of the countries, rivers orl cities are given in a confused .arrangement so that participants in the contest will have no clue from the indicia on the map as to the correct sequence of geographicalv locations on the vlist. The contestants will be required to, supply the correct index foreach of the geographical locations'and the contest will consist in the comparison of the lists of each of the participants as compared' with a key chart which reveals the correct indexfor each of the locations so that their location will be *firmly fixed in the mind .of yeach of the players.

Particularly for gatherings of a number of people where there Aare too many to play cards or other `games requiring a definite number of players, my game oiers an interesting and educationalopportunity for any number` of people to contest.

Referring to the drawings in which I have indicated one exampleof a device embodying`my invention: A

igure 1 1s a ma-pof-South America with the different countries indicated by numbers.

Figure' 2 is alist showing the names of the diiferent South American countries in a confused a'nd out of' sequence arrangement with a space 'aftereach name inwlnch the contestant will write his idea ofthe correct 'list is given. Y

' or illustrating index on the ma Figure 3 is a e chartin which the corf rect index for eac of the countries on the Figure 1 is a list of anAlavera j contestant showing h ow the score may be. etermmed so as to grade the knowledge of thednerent pla ers.

'tersPaten iszmy invention I .have

shown a map of South America generally indicatedat a and referably mounted on- `a suitable backing piece b.' -The map will be of suitable size and the backing piece of suitable strength so that it may be displayed prominent y to all the cbntestants. The countries are indicated in the illustration by different ordinals as at c. A series of pieces.

as indicated at d in Figures 2 and 4 are provided on which are inscribed the names of different countries as at e, which are indi: cated'by ordinals on the map, the position and sequence of the names of the countries being arranged in a confused order withre- `-spect tothe natural order of the ordinals.'

The pieces d have a suitable designated space as `at f aligned with each of the names of the p i marked piece at the end of the contest. It vwill be preferable toprovide each one of the pieces with a score line as indicated at h on which each contestant may wrlte hls-score.

Maps of different countries will be prepared in which different geographical divisions (or entities,) such as cities, rivers and mountains are indexed. It is ro sed as a convenient form of supplying t e evice that `a series-of maps. o`f different localities be provided on one container in which are also provided seplarate slips or tablets havin the names of t e di'erent geographical ocations printedon'them, and' in which a key is also rovided for each map preferablyin a seal envelope. f

A further embodiment of my invention is It will bel obvious that .my educational device "oii'ers a broad range of modifications., a0

adapted for use in newspapers and periodiand a cals-in which in one issue the map tinted with the key piece name piece are reserved for pu lication in a subsequentv issue.

` Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desiretor secure by Let- "1. An e ucational device comprising at least one map element having geographical entities indicated thereon with indicia having a natural sequence, and without names, and atleast one list-of-names element with the naines arrangedb in confused order with relation .to the sequence of the indicia on said inap element.

2. An educational device comprising at least one map element having geographical entities indicated' thereon with indicia having a natural sequence, and Without names, and at least one list-of-names element with the names arranged in confused order with relation to the sequence of the indicia on said map element, and a key element having thereon a list of names with the correct indicia for said names associated with the names on said key element. y

3. An educational game consistinor in a series of map elements, geographical entities indicated thereon with indicia having a natural sequence, and Without names, and a series of lists for each map element, said listshaving the names of they geographical entities arranged thereon in each map having of said indicia, said lists having spaces asconfused order with relation to the Sequence A of said indicia.

4. An educational game consistin in a series of -map elements each map aving geographical entities indicated thereon with indici-a having a natural sequence', and without names, and a series of lists for each map element, said lists having the names of the geographical entities arranged thereon in confused order with relation to the sequence of said indicia, and a key chart for each of said map elements.

5. An educational game consistin series of map elements, each map ina indicia having a natural sequence, and without names, and a series of lists for each map element, said lists having the names of the geographical entities arranged thereon in confused order with relation to the sequence sociated with the names thereon for the insertion ofindicia.`

ERASTUS S. ALLEN.

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